The Guardian Books podcast + Jo Shapcott | The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/series/books+jo-shapcott
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Guardian Books poetry podcast: Jo Shapcott reads Emily Dickinsonhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/audio/2013/feb/15/jo-shapcott-emily-dickinson-poetry-podcast
The first of a new series in which the UK's finest contemporary poets read and discuss a favourite by another writer. Today Jo Shapcott chooses Emily Dickinson's number 465 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/audio/2013/feb/15/jo-shapcott-emily-dickinson-poetry-podcast">Continue reading...</a>Emily DickinsonJo ShapcottPoetryBooksCultureFri, 15 Feb 2013 13:12:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/books/audio/2013/feb/15/jo-shapcott-emily-dickinson-poetry-podcastPhotograph: David Levene/Amherst College archivesJo Shapcott and Emily Dickinson Photograph: David Levene/Amherst College archivesPhotograph: David Levene/Amherst College archivesJo Shapcott and Emily Dickinson Photograph: David Levene/Amherst College archivesProduced by Tim Maby and Kelly Bruce2013-02-15T13:12:00ZA special prizes podcast, with Emma Donoghue and Jo Shapcotthttps://www.theguardian.com/books/audio/2010/jul/30/booker-prize-emma-donoghue
Claire Armitstead hosts a discussion on the books that made the Man Booker longlist and talks to author Emma Donoghue about being longlisted before being published, and Sarah Crown meets the Forward Prize shortlisted poet Jo Shapcott<p>In the week that the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jul/27/booker-prize-longlist">2010 Man Booker longlist was announced</a>, Claire Armitstead talks to Sarah Crown and Rodney Troubridge of Waterstone's about the critical and commercial potential of the books that made the cut, and asks why booksellers and readers alike are so excited by this year's selection. She also speaks to Emma Donoghue, whose yet-to-be-published novel Room is based on the infamous case of Josef Fritzl, about how it felt to find herself in the running for literature's most prestigious prize.</p><p>The Forward prize shortlist was also announced this month. Sarah Crown meets up with the poet Jo Shapcott at Barts and the London hospital to discuss her shortlisted collection, which draws on her experiences of being diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/audio/2010/jul/30/booker-prize-emma-donoghue">Continue reading...</a>Booker prizeEmma DonoghueForward prize for poetryBooksBooker prize 2010Jo ShapcottFri, 30 Jul 2010 15:23:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/books/audio/2010/jul/30/booker-prize-emma-donoghuePhotograph: PRA selection of titles from the Booker longlist 2010.Photograph: PRA selection of titles from the Booker longlist 2010.Claire Armitstead and Lucy Greenwell2010-07-30T15:23:04ZThe Guardian Books podcast: Persian poetry from Tajikistanhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/audio/2008/oct/13/tajik-poem-persian-khojandi-shapcott
Tajik poet Farzaneh Khojandi, currently touring the UK with her translator Narguess Farzad and English poet Jo Shapcott talk to Alison Flood about how the language of poetry crosses borders<p>• Farzaneh Khojandi is appearing at venues across the UK until November 1 as part of the Poetry Translation Centre's <a href="http://www.poetrytranslation.org/tour/event_list/2008">World Poet's Tour</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/audio/2008/oct/13/tajik-poem-persian-khojandi-shapcott">Continue reading...</a>PoetryBooksJo ShapcottFri, 17 Oct 2008 10:17:24 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/books/audio/2008/oct/13/tajik-poem-persian-khojandi-shapcottPhotograph: Alexei Vladykin/APTajik women carry brushwood near the village of Zidekh, Tajikistan. Photograph: Alexei VladykinPhotograph: Alexei Vladykin/APTajik women carry brushwood near the village of Zidekh, Tajikistan. Photograph: Alexei Vladykinguardian.co.uk2008-10-17T10:17:24Z